Veneer covering and process of producing the same.



No. 804,443. PATENTED NOV. 14, 1905.

W. H. STRICKLER.

VENEER COVERING AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 7, 1905.

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WILLIAM HENRY STRIOKLER, OF KEOKUK, IOWA.

VENEER COVERING AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1905.

Application filed July '7, 1905. Serial No. 268,738.

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l,WrLLIAM HENRY STRICK- LER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Keokuk, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Veneer Coverings and Processes of Producing the Same, of which the following is a specification.

It has for its object to provide a veneer covering for floor or other surfaces which will give the appearance of a hard wood, which will be Waterproof, which will be inexpensive to manufacture, and which will stand hard usage, such as walking thereon.

Other and further objects will appear in the following description and will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a border for floors made from the veneer covering. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the diiferent layers, some of which are of an exaggerated thickness.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates a paper fabric composed of pulp taken from three cylinders instead of two, as in the ordinary paper, the pulp being strengthened or toughened by having mixed therewith hemp, jute, rope-stock, and other strong fibers, either singly or in combination. This makes a fabric stronger than ordinary paper and not rough like the ordinary jute burlap. It gives a comparatively smooth surface upon which to lay a coating and yet per mits the coating to substantially form a homogeneous mass with the fabric, due to the fibers slightly projecting from the fabric into the coating. One side of the fabric is coated with oil or mineral paint2to provide a wearing-surface. On the other side is first placed a heavy coat of oil-paint 3 to make the fabric waterproof, the paint being grained to imitate oak, maple, or other hard wood and to represent narrow-boarded flooring With the cracks between the boards, as shown at 4. Upon the coat of grained paint is placed a thin coat 5 of gum-varnish, which is permitted to dry. The thin coat is employed to pro vide a solid surface on the paper fabric and to prevent a second heavy coat 6 of gum-varnish striking through on the paper fabric and not producing a gloss on the finished article. Gum-varnish is employed for the reason that it will not crack or scratch under the heel like rosin-varnish.

To use my veneer covering as a border for surrounding floor-mats or for other uses, the border is cut into lengths to [it the four sides of the room, making each strip about two inches longer than is necessary, with its ends cut at angles of about forty five degrees. This can be done without waste if a little thought and care are exercised. The strips are then placed in position around the room, and a little of the material is clipped off of each pointed corner to enable the strip to fit closely in its place with the mitercd ends overlapping. The back edge of the strip is fitted snugly against the wall by compassing and trimming it, if necessary, .unless it is desired to place a quarter-round or other shaped small wood strip over the edge of the border after it is laid, which gives a better result. If this strip is not used, the edge next the wall is tacked at suitable intervals with very small tacks. The corners are then fitted by laying a rule or straight-edge on the lapped miters and with a sharp knife cutting through to the floor from the corner of the room to the inside corner of the border. Remove the waste and the corners will be found to fit exactly. The mitered edges are then secured in their relations by driving in small wire nails with flat heads or cut tacks or, if preferred, brass-headed furniture-tacks about two inches apart. The inner edge of the border may or may not be tacked, as desired, tacking in some cases being found to cause cracking where there is stretching or adjustment to the floor. The border should be laicL traight to prevent wrinkling. If wrinkles or blister: cur, they will disappear after a time if a heavy rug is laid over the place.

The construction of material herein described is especially adapted for cleaning with a damp cloth. For merely dusting it will be found that a soft dry cloth on a broom will be very effective. The border should be protected at doors and passage-ways by laying over it any other covering, such as a rug. If the border is given a coat of good floor-varnish once a year, it will last indefinitely.

Havingthus described my invention, What I claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a fabric composed of paper-pulp and strong fibers mixed together and coated on one side with a waterproof paint and on its other side, first with an oil-paint suitably grained to imitate a species of Wood, then with a thin coating of gum-varnish and finally with a heavy coat of gum-varnish.

2. The'process of making a veneer which heavy coating of gum-varnish upon the thin consists in mixing paper-pulp and a fibrous coating of gum-varnish IO material together and'forming it into a sheet, The foregoing'speeification signed at Keocoating one side of the sheet with a paint, kuk, Iowa, this 14th day of June, 1905.

5 and coating the other-side of the sheet with WILLIAM HENRY STRIOKLER.

an oil-paint, graining the paint, placing a thin In presence of coat of gum-varnish on the grained paint and WILLIAM C. HOWELL,

permitting it to dry, and finally placing a A. DOBBS. 

